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Returns the version of [!INCLUDEssSDW] or [!INCLUDEssPDW_md] running on the appliance.
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions (Transact-SQL)
-- Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Parallel Data Warehouse
VERSION ( )
A table name must be specified in a FROM clause for this function to return results. A result row will be returned for each row in the result set for the query; use TOP (Transact-SQL) to limit the number of returned rows.
The following example returns the version number.
SELECT VERSION();